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Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was a Nobel Prize -winning American biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.
May 19, 2009 · Robert F. Furchgott. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998. Born: 4 June 1916, Charleston, SC, USA. Died: 19 May 2009, Seattle, WA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system”
6 days ago · Robert F. Furchgott was an American pharmacologist who, along with Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad, was co-awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that nitric oxide (NO) acts as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 was awarded jointly to Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system"
Jul 1, 2009 · Nobel laureate who pioneered research into nitric oxide. In 1992, Science heralded nitric oxide (NO) as 'molecule of the year', less than six years after it had been identified as a...
- Solomon H. Snyder
- 2009
May 23, 2009 · Robert F. Furchgott, a pharmacologist whose work with the gas nitric oxide opened new vistas of research in cardiovascular functions, helped lead to the development of Viagra, the anti-impotency...
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The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1998 to Robert F Furchgott, Louis J Ignarro and Ferid Murad for their discoveries concerning “the nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system”.
